He's such a good guy with such a compelling story that it's such a shame he has to go out this way. He took a sport few people care about and really exploded the amount of attention that it got, and now, to find out he'd been cheating, it's such a letdown.

destrip:How can they accuse him of cheating if he never failed a doping test?

If you kill a series of people in cold blood but have the good sense to destroy all physical evidence linking you to the crimes, you better believe you'll be convicted if five years later a dozen credible witnesses come forward to testify to your guilt, in detail.

What a f*cking liar. I knew that damn testicular cancer thing was a cover-up! He had one of his balls surgically removed to be a more competitive cyclist! His junk could then all flop to the same side when biking, allowing him to sprint more easily than those with both testicles!!

TeamEd:destrip: How can they accuse him of cheating if he never failed a doping test?

If you kill a series of people in cold blood but have the good sense to destroy all physical evidence linking you to the crimes, you better believe you'll be convicted if five years later a dozen credible witnesses come forward to testify to your guilt, in detail.

i just wanna let anyone who uses his charities to somehow defend his cheating that that is a insult to the character of those who would have won if there was no doping in the tour de france, as it assumes they would not be as generous. good deeds do not absolve you of bad deeds. especially if you dont admit to them.

However no one gave a crap about cycling before him and no one will likely give a crap about the sport after him.

In between his influence generated millions upon millions for bike manufacturers, clothing makers, membership fees for bicycle race orgs and Christ knows what else.

It's a dumb move to shorten that gravy train a single day longer than it needed to be. For the sake of all parties involved investigations should have concluded for everyone racing, organizing and coaching before they'd outed him.

I know....I know. "Bicycling doesn't need a cheater." Sure. Right. Like the past fifteen years of near light-speed advancements in cycling would have happened without him on the merits of a sport no one gave a shiat about.

Keep thinking that. It'll be important to remember when they're tearing down the velodrome to make way for a skate park.